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Cross Cultural ManagementCross Cultural Management as a subject has a lot of practical significance in today’s world and hence it captured my fancy right from the start. I work with a leading UK based banking organization with major presence in UK and Netherlands and subsidiary presence in the US and other countries. We have an 80 country presence through 30 brands and have more than 40 Million customers and a workforce touching 150,000 full time employees. In such a diverse set up, cross-cultural issues are imperative and hence demand focused and sustained attention. The organization has understood this well and hence we have various organizational interventions to promote and respect diversity and manage cultural issues which I shall try and talk about later in this paper.
In my role as a recruitment head for North India, I have to deal with various business lines and clients, some of whom are expats or foreign nationals. I always did know that it is important to understand the background of the individual before getting into a professional relationship with him/her, which obvious would include understanding what kind of country/culture he/she belongs to. But what the course did for me is to make me more aware of the ‘reasons’ for different behavior patterns in different cultures and hence more respect and tolerance for the differing behaviors. The course also made...

...﻿Rivera, Christopher
30 May 2012
Cross-Dressing: A Way of Self-Expression
The phenomenon of cross-dressing is something that people do not completely understand. Almost every city has a subculture of people who dress in the opposite gender’s clothing, either for fetishistic purposes or for means of artistic expression. Although everyone has seen a cross-dresser in some way, people quickly lumpcross-dressing, homosexuality, and being transgender together into one giant group, without taking the time to individually understand each aspect and circumstance, as well as lacking to understand what someone is going through; This is something that is dangerous in our society. In my journey in understanding this phenomenon specifically in Los Angeles, I partook in participant observation, observing the people closest to this subculture while becoming friends with some of the most recognized drag performers of the moment, and meeting people who get a sexual thrill when emitting the opposite gender. I observed these individuals in the local nightclubs of L.A. (Micky’s, Rage, Hamburger Mary’s), where crowds gathered to watch their favorite drag performers lip-synch to popular songs, and also entered the homes of others that kept their fetish interests secretive from their closest relatives. In my research, I was interested in understanding whether cross-dressing was a way of escaping...

...A cross represents many things to different people. Some view it as simply a‘t’. For others, it is their way of life. Many in America feel this way. A cross is the main symbol for Christianity, and as Christianity is the main religion in America, it can be considered a symbol of American culture. A cross is more than just a t-shaped piece of wood. A cross is the representative symbol of American culture.
One morning, a long while ago, there was a man. This was before crosses had the present day meaning. He was to be crucified on a wood-shaped t contraption. It was called a cross. Forwarding to the present day, when most people think of or hear the word cross, they think of a battered old wood piece that is in the shape of a lower case t. While that is generally what a cross will come in, it can take the form of many things. It can be made of metal, wood, plastic, cardboard, or even by crossing one’s fingers. A cross can be fancy, new, battered, or old. No matter the look of it, though, the cross always seems the same in the hearts and minds of those who cherish it. Perhaps the most thought provoking image of a cross is when Christ is on it, nails in his feet and hands, with a pierced wound in his side, his head bowed to heaven. The cross is both a symbol of happiness and sadness.
One of the main...

...Station, Jesus wasn’t ashamed to fall even though we all know the cross was heavy. We expected him to be strong because he is the son of God but he did not. Like in our modern day, we expect everyone to be strong, yet I am weak. I am ashamed to admit failure in anything. God allowed Jesus to fall and he also allows us as well because he knows that we can learn and be challenged by our failure and he won’t leave us all alone.
4 - Jesus Meets His Mother: I love you Mom!
In the 4th Station, Jesus’ pain caused Mary’s grief and like any other mother, they would also feel the same way if they see their children in pain because they love their children. Jesus showed Mary as if he wanted to suffer every possible pain to give us an example of how to suffer when our time comes.
5 – Simon of Cyrene carries the cross: Everyone needs a helping hand
The 5th Station tells us that Jesus’ the son of God permitted Simon of Cyrene to help him carry his cross. The people thought that God, who has the power to help his son Jesus, didn’t help him instead Simon did. Sometimes we lose hope and we think that “Oh, God doesn’t love me! He doesn’t help me in my problems!” but God never leaves us alone!! He sends the right person to help us at the right time, and like Jesus, he sent Simon of Cyrene to help him.
6 – Veronica wipes the face of Jesus: I proud of you Jesus!
In the 6th station of the cross, it...

...until week two.
​In week two, the parents were removed and disposed of. The eggs and larve were left to continue the cross. The crosses were left to continue to incubate until the following week.
​In week three, the flies emerging from each cross of the P1 generation were counted, separated into male and female, and then further separated into phenotype. This marked the completion of the P1 generation. The F1 crosses were then begun. They were set up in there different ways. In Cross A, F1 females were paired with F1 males. In cross B, F1 virgin females were paired with dumpy sepia males. In the last cross, Cross C, dumpy sepia virgin females were crossed with F1 males. In crosses B and C, only virgin females were used. The virgin females used were obtained from the P1 crosses. Dumpy sepia virgins were acquired from a source outside the experiment. The crosses were left to incubate until week four.
​Week four proceeded much like week two, with the parents being removed and discarded. The eggs and larve were left undisturbed to continue the cross. They were allowed to incubate until the final week, week five.
​In the final week, week five, the flies emerging from the F2 crosses and the backcross were counted, separated into male and female, and then further separated into phenotype just as week three. The crosses were then disposed of.
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Cross Cultural Perspectives
ETH 316
October 13, 2014
Cross Cultural Perspectives
Multi-national companies from the U.S. hold a great advantage by working in and with other countries and cultures to make their products accessible to a much broader community.
When multi-nationals gains access into or with other companies/countries, it may be an assumption that because everyone inside the business is working for the same purpose, they are going to automatically communicate, think and look at the world and its problems in precisely the same manner. When different cultures start working together, issues or problems may appear, and people within these companies may seem not proficient or skillful enough to cope with these issues and problems efficiently. This could just be because they have never handled the cross cultural issues/problems before. Comparing the ethical perspectives and cultural differences of the United States to those of other countries was very interesting. Ethics can be defined as the difference between right and wrong as it pertains to our well-being, safety, morals, and standards. One major ethical and cultural difference between the U.S. and other countries in S.E. Asia, Africa, the Middle East, or South America may be the child labor laws. The United States have laws and regulations prohibiting children under specific ages from working. India, Laos, Somalia, Sudan, Vietnam, Afghanistan,...

...Definition of 'Cross-Sell'
The practice of selling or suggesting related or complimentary products to a prospect or customer. Cross selling is one of the easiest and most effective methods of marketing. In the financial services arena, cross selling can mean selling different types of investments to investors, or even insurance to investors, or tax preparation to retirement planning clients.
Definition: A sales technique in which the salesperson recognizes what a customer is purchasing and will make suggestions or recommendations of other related merchandise the shopper may also be interested in purchasing.
Also Known As: Suggestive Selling
Examples:In our store we do not have salespersons so it is the job of the cashier to cross-sell to shoppers. The cashier is trained to suggest related merchandise based on the items the customer has decided to buy.
Cross-selling is the action or practice of selling among or between established clients, markets, traders, etc. or the action or practice of selling an additional product or service to an existing customer. This article deals exclusively with the latter meaning. In practice, businesses define cross-selling in many different ways. Elements that might influence the definition might include the size of the business, the industry sector it operates within and the financial motivations of those required to define the term.
The objectives of...